Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI to create an ambitious innovation engine for rockets, space-based internet, communications, and AI. The company plans to move AI compute into orbit to reduce energy consumption and costs. Starship will launch satellites as orbital data centers, adding gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually.

SpaceX aims to deploy hundreds of terawatts of AI satellites into deep space, advancing humanity towards a Kardashev II civilization capable of harnessing the Sun’s energy. This initiative is seen as a technological and civilizational leap, paving the way for permanent bases on the Moon, cities on Mars, and humanity’s expansion across the Universe.

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